Friday, 23 September 2011

Birthday!

Not mine I hasten to add. Today is my first born’s 10th birthday.Ten years? Where did that go then?

It’s hard to reconcile the boy with the cheeky smile, dry sense of humour and an endearing sense of thoughtfulness with the tiny scrap of humanity who entered our lives all that time ago.

As births go it was pretty awful. Three and a half days of labour followed by a caesarean section under general anaesthetic.Needless to say I wasn’t too with it for those first few vital hours, and my husband was booted out and left to pace the corridors like an old fashioned father. But he came out perfect in the end which was a blessing.And he is still a blessing too – more than he’ll know until he has children of his own.

I remember feeling so scared that this tiny human being was completely dependent on me for his every need. He was only just over six pounds with “legs that look like they should be hanging out of a nest”.My husband’s words, not mine.His legs haven’t improved much – they are still long and skinny but he runs like the wind now.

It’s been a long run up to this birthday and the excitement levels have been fit to bust.We’ve got three friends coming for a sleepover tonight, family tomorrow and then a trip to an outdoor activity centre on Sunday with more friends followed by pizza and cake.I only hope that his birthday lives up to his expectations.That’s the hard thing about kids’ birthdays; it’s up to you to deliver the perfect day / weekend.No easy task but let’s hope I’m up to the job. Wish me luck!

I know time does seem to have flown by and it's scary now that's he's starting to asert his independence. It really makes me worry for the future. As for a New Year's Eve birthday - poor you. My youngest has is birthday on 5 Jan, the first day back at school so that's a bit awkward too. Usually by that time I want to forget about parties and celebrations, not go through them all again. Good luck with the secondary schools - huge decision!

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I'm a working mum of two young boys who is desperately trying to make it is a writer. I'm into contemporary women's literature, but also am a little bit besotted with social history and would love to be able to write something about the lives of women in times gone by.